Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at PCC AIRFOILS, LLC, 1400 POPE DRIVE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA 31533
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working on a water blast machine when the employee's right index finger was caught between the hydraulic clamps, resulting in hospitalization and subsequent partial amputation.
HospitalizedAmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedSpecial process machinery, n.e.c.
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